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A short account of facts from German official war-news: August 1914
Art
Maker: Unknown von Puttkamer Broschek & Co.
First World War poster outlining German war news for August 1914. The poster is text-based only, and has no images. The text describes in detail various battles in which Germany is painted in a triump...ARTV09663
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Australian War Records Section label for German infantry side drum captured at Morcourt : Private J Cook, 13 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australian War Records Section label accompanying German infantry side drum. This glazed cotton Australian War Records Section label is of the type handed out to battalions in 1917/18, with all detai...RELAWM07711.002
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Back them up!: A British tank attack in the Western Desert
Art
Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office Fosh & Cross Ltd.
This British Second World War poster depicts a British Matilda tank in the foreground, with guns ablaze, leading a convoy of others. To the left of the poster, a German tank burns, with German soldier...ARTV02305
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Bottle of German POW distilled spirits, HMNZT Willochra : Major I Isaacson, Special Service, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Metal container made of tin containing spirits. The body is a piece of long rectangular tin shaped into an oval and soldered along the long edge in the middle back of the container. Soldered to each e...RELAWM12206
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Carrier for German 'Lederschulzmaske' gas mask : Captain D V Mulholland, 1 Machine Gun Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Carrier for German 'Lederschulzmaske' gas mask. Sometimes referred to as a model 1917 after the year of its introduction. Canister has surface rust with remnants of khaki paint. The interior has a bla...RELAWM09527.002
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7.6 cm leichte Minenwerfer 1916 n/a Trench Mortar Clinometer and charge range scale
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Trench Mortar Clinometer and charge range scale with three main components: - a steel range adjusting arm marked with inscribed hatches and range distances. Slightly corroded. - A steel clamp wh...RELAWM11608
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7.6 cm Minenwerfer (Trench Mortar) Shell
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Empty German light trench mortar shell.RELAWM07696
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Damaged motorcycle: German Army
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Remains of a damaged motorcycle. The motorcycle is missing its handlebars and engine. The pedals are missing off the cranks and the fuel tank, metal seat, mudguard and frame of the motorcycle are suff...RELAWM07324
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Der feind : hort mit! vorsicht am fernsprecher [The enemy listens too! Careful on the phone!]
Art
Maker: Weber, E Unknown Unknown
German First World War poster warning soldiers to be vigilant while on the telephone as the enemy could be listening. In the upper two thirds it features a depiction of a Scottish infantryman, sitting...ARTV06679
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Firing lanyard for Model 1916 Grenade Launcher (Granatenwerfer 16)
Technology
Maker: Alfred Wolff, Berlin Rheinischen Metallwaren und Maschinenfabrik, Dusseldorf Unknown
Twine firing lanyard approximetely 5010 mm in length and 3-4mm thick. Attached to one end is a steel clip and swivel ring approximately 100 mm. At the other end is a wooden toggle made of turned wood ...RELAWM10972.002
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Forward to Victory
Art
Maker: Brule Unknown
Second World War poster depicting British soldiers in the foreground charging with their guns towards retreating Germany Army Soldiers in the background.ARTV05079
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German ersatz soap bar: Tatura Internment Camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Square brown opaque block of soap made from German clay and fibres. The surface of the soap is cracked and crazed. The top of the soap has two repeated German words impressed into it reads 'Singer/ Si...REL/00451
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German improvised sign, 'Nach Fromelles' [To Fromelles]
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Improvised wooden sign with 'Nach Fromelles' [To Fromelles] above an arrow stencilled in black paint.RELAWM00499
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German 13 Infantry Regiment (1 Westfalisches) shoulder strap : General Sir J Monash, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
German soldier's shoulder strap for the 13th Westphalian Infantry Regiment. Field grey wool strap with white piping and red chain stitched number '13'.RELAWM15098.016
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German M1915/17 canteen : Villers-Bretonneux
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Tin plated steel canteen with a longer neck than the previous 1907 model canteen, and with a cork stopper with a ribbed-metal top. A black leather neck-strap and a steel clip attachment are secured ar...RELAWM00725
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German model 1915/17 canteen
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Tin plated steel canteen with a longer neck than the previous 1907 model canteen, and with a cork stopper with a ribbed-metal top. A leather neck-strap and a clip attachment are secured around the nec...REL/10681
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German Model 1895 Pickelhaube : Bavarian Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
German Other Rank's leather Pickelhaube with cloth cover, liner and chin strap intact. The helmet is painted black and has brass fittings, including a spike with five ventilation holes, visor trim, re...RELAWM16918
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German Model 1895 Pickelhaube : Prussian Guard Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
German Other Rank's leather Pickelhaube, with the liner intact. The helmet is painted black and has brass fittings, including a spike with five ventilation holes, visor trim, rear spine and frontplate...RELAWM15026
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German Model 1867 Prussian Life Guards Officer's parade pickelhaube
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Model 1867 polished steel pickelhaube with brass visor trim, rivetting and edge reinforcements. There is a raised reinforcement ridge at the rear of the crown. The helmet features a stepped visor and ...RELAWM13106
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German 332nd Infantry Regiment shoulder strap : Lieutenant General Sir John Monash, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
German soldier's shoulder strap for the 332nd Infantry Regiment. Field grey strap wool with white piping and red chain stitched number '332'. With the strap is a handwritten note written in indelible ...RELAWM15098.010
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German 52nd Reserve Infantry Regiment (6th Brandenburgisches) shoulder strap : Lieutenant General Sir John Monash, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Shoulder strap for the 52nd Reserve Infantry Regiment. Field grey wool strap with white piping and red chain stitched number '52'. With the strap is a handwritten note in indelible pencil on the back ...RELAWM15098.015
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German 257rd Reserve Infantry Regiment shoulder strap : Lieutenant General Sir John Monash, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
German soldier's shoulder strap for the 257th Reserve Infantry Regiment. Field grey wool strap with white piping and red chain stitched number '257'. With the strap is a handwritten note in indelible ...RELAWM15098.024
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German 203rd Reserve Infantry Regiment shoulder strap : Lieutenant General Sir John Monash, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Shoulder strap for the 203rd Reserve Infantry Regiment. Field grey wool strap with white piping and red chain stitched number '203'. With the strap is a handwritten note, in indelible pencil on the ba...RELAWM15098.012
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German 5 1/2 second Model 24 stick grenade detonator assembly : Private S B Jessup, 60 Battalion AIF
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Detonator assembly from a German stick grenade or Stielhandgranate (REL35441.001). The assembly is 40mm long, with a main cylindrical body of 10mm diameter. This is open at both ends. One end is atta...REL35441.002
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German 5 1/2 second Model 24 stick grenade fragments : Private S B Jessup, 60 Battalion AIF
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Metal fragments, approximately 16 in number, from the interior of a German stick grenade or Stielhandgranate. Most of the fragments are 3mm x 2mm in size, while the largest are 6mm x 4mm.REL35441.003
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German shoulder strap: 9 Infantry Regiment (2 Pommersches)
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
A field grey woollen shoulder strap, with scarlet cotton chain stitched numeral '9'.RELAWM17317.002
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German Signal Pistol : Captain K C D Dawson, 23 Battalion, AIF
Technology
Maker: Unknown
German single barrel signal pistol with hinge break open action that is released by a trigger guard latch. It has a round barrel (of 26.6 mm calibre) with an octagonal breech with various proof stamps...REL/20305.001
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German sniper mask : Private L C Macarthur, II ANZAC (XXII Corps) Mounted Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Steel German sniper mask (Sappenpanzer Gesichtsmaske). Both sides and lower rim of the mask curve outwards at the lip. The lower right side of the mask has been made to accomodate the firing of a wood...REL47369
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German soldier's shoulder strap : Lieutenant General Sir John Monash, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
German soldier's field grey wool strap with white piping. The chain stitched regimental number has been removed, but appears to have been a '3' or an '8'.RELAWM15098.021
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German 1st Infantry Regiment (Bayerisches) shoulder strap : Lieutenant General Sir John Monash, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
German soldier's shoulder strap for the 1st Bavarian Infantry Regiment. Field grey wool strap with white piping and red chain stitched number '1'.RELAWM15098.026
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German 81st Infantry Regiment (1 Kurhessisches) shoulder strap : Lieutenant General Sir John Monash, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Shoulder strap for the 81st Infantry Regiment. Field grey wool strap with white piping and red chain stitched number '81'. With the strap is a handwritten note, in indelible pencil on the back of a pi...RELAWM15098.020
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German 201st Reserve Infantry Regiment shoulder strap : Lieutenant General Sir John Monash, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Shoulder strap for the 201st Reserve Infantry Regiment. Field grey wool strap with white piping and red chain stitched number '201'. With the strap is a handwritten note in graphite pencil on the back...RELAWM15098.014
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German 231st Reserve Infantry Regiment shoulder strap : Lieutenant General Sir John Monash, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Shoulder strap for the 231st Reserve Infantry Regiment. Field grey wool strap with white piping and red chain stitched number '231'. With the strap is a handwritten note in graphite pencil on the back...RELAWM15098.017
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German 137th Infantry Regiment (Elsassisches) shoulder strap : Lieutenant General Sir John Monash, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Shoulder strap for the 137th Infantry Regiment. Field grey wool strap with white piping and red chain stitched number '137'. With the strap is a handwritten note in indelible pencil on the back of a p...RELAWM15098.022
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German 65th Infantry Regiment (Rheinisches) shoulder strap : Lieutenant General Sir John Monash, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Shoulder strap for the 65th Infantry Regiment. Field grey wool strap with white piping and red chain stitched number '65'. With the strap is a handwritten note in graphite pencil on the back of a piec...RELAWM15098.011
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German 84th Infantry Regiment (Schewigsches) shoulder strap : Lieutenant General Sir John Monash, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Shoulder strap for the 84th Infantry Regiment. Field grey wool strap with white piping and red chain stitched number '84'. With the strap is a handwritten note in indelible pencil on the back of a pie...RELAWM15098.023
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German 419th Infantry Regiment shoulder strap : Lieutenant General Sir John Monash, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
German soldier's shoulder strap for the 419th Infantry Regiment. Field grey wool strap with white piping and red chain stitched number '419'. With the strap is a handwritten note in indelible pencil o...RELAWM15098.025
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German 13th Infantry Regiment (1st Westfalisches) shoulder strap : Lieutenant General Sir John Monash, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Shoulder strap for the 13th Reserve Infantry Regiment. Field grey wool strap with white piping and red chain stitched number '13'. With the strap is a handwritten note in indellible pencil on the back...RELAWM15098.018
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German 55th Infantry Regiment (6th Westfalisches) shoulder strap : Lieutenant General Sir John Monash, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Shoulder strap for the 55th Infantry Regiment. Field grey wool strap with white piping and red chain stitched number '55'. With the strap is a handwritten note in indelible pencil on the back of a pie...RELAWM15098.013
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German 265th Reserve Infantry Regiment shoulder strap : Lieutenant General Sir John Monash, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Shoulder strap for the 265th Reserve Infantry Regiment. Field grey wool strap with white piping and red chain stitched number '265'. With the strap is a handwritten note, in indelible pencil on the ba...RELAWM15098.019
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German unteroffizieren rank bayonet tassel (Troddel) : Ville-Sur-Ancre
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Yellow cotton woven strap with black vertical strips, with woollen tassel knot at end.REL/01935
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German West Wall Medal
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
German West Wall Medal. Bronze oval shaped medal. Obverse: A corner of a pill box surmounted by a crossed sword and spade with a Nazi eagle and swastika at the top, all within an oak leaf wreath. Reve...RELAWM30375
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Germany falls: Nazi leaders surrender unconditionally to Allies
Film
Maker: Unknown
Newsreel item on the signing of the articles of surrender by German Commanders. Covers the signing of surrender of German forces in Northern Italy and parts of Austria by two un-named German officers ...F10183
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Great Victory of the German Troops Over the Italians
Art
Maker: German Army Unknown
Example of German propaganda dropped from a balloon over Messines on 5 December 1917. It is a leaflet printed in black ink. The title ' Great Victory of the German Troops over the Italians' is positio...ARTV05290
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Grey cotton drill jacket : German Army
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
GERMAN ARMY JACKET. THIS IS AN UNUSUAL STYLE JACKET BEING GREY COTTON DRILL. IT HAS A HIGH GERMANIC STYLE STAND AND FALL COLLAR, NO EPAULETTES, AND NO INSIGNIA. BREAST POCKETS HAVE BUTTONS WITH CROWN,...REL/01210
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Haversack : Imperial German Army
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brown canvas bread bag/haversack with a short length of cotton tape attached to each top corner to button over the weaRELAWM00723
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Interview with German First World War veteran
Sound
Maker: Unknown Clements, Paul Winder, James
Discusses his enlistment and experiences during his time in the German army, including his receiving of the Iron Cross. A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please...S03707
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Iron Cross, First Class
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Prussian 1914 Iron Cross, First Class. Unnamed as issued. A convex cross patee of iron with a beaded silver edge backing plate. Obverse: A Prussian crown over 'W' in the centre and '1914' on the lower...RELAWM08166
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Iron Cross 2nd Class 1914 - 1918 (short ribbon) : Lieutenant General John Monash
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Iron Cross 2nd Class. A cross patee made of of a blackened iron with a two piece silver beaded edge. Obverse: The Prussian crown over 'W' in the centre and 1914 below. Reverse: The Prussian crown over...RELAWM15126.002
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Iron spikes from lookout tree on Kabakaul to Bita Paka Road : German Army, New Britain
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Five iron spikes, each of varying widths and lengths. Each spike is of different lengths and diameters and all are quite roughly made. Some of the spikes have threading at one or both ends. Each spike...RELAWM07859.002
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Mainspring, German Signal Pistol : Captain K C D Dawson, 23 Battalion, AIF
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Mainspring removed from a German single barrel signal pistol.REL/20305.002
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Model 1916 Grenade Launcher (Granatenwerfer 16)
Technology
Maker: Firma Alfred Wolff, Berlin Rheinischen Metallwaren und Maschinenfabrik, Dusseldorf Unknown
The Model 1916 grenade launcher (Granatenwerfer) is a spigot type weapon made from cast steel. The spigot contains a firing pin which is cocked by a lever on the side of the weapon with the propellant...RELAWM10972.001
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Model 1894 Hebel Flare Pistol
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Model 1894 Hebel Flare Pistol is a single shot, break open, exposed hammer pistol. It is made from steel and has wooden grips on the pistol grip. The metal has a blued finish. Markings - serial number...REL38061
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Nazi Anschluss Campaign Medal
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Nazi Anschluss Campaign Medal. Obverse: A tall standing figure carrying a swastika banner in his left hand, assisted by a shorter figure with broken shackles (representing freed Austrians) to mount a ...RELAWM30356
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Nazi Armed Forces 12 year Long Service Medal
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Nazi Armed Forces 12 year Long Service Medal. Obverse: In the centre an eagle with square folded wings, clutching a swastika in its talons, within a Gothic inscription around the the circumference rea...RELAWM30385
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Nazi Armed Forces 4 year Long Service Medal
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Nazi Armed Forces 4 year Long Service Medal. Obverse: In the centre an eagle with square folded wings, clutching a swastika in its talons, within a Gothic inscription around the the circumference read...RELAWM30386
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Nazi Social Welfare Decoration, Second Class
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Nazi Social Welfare Decoration Second Class breast badge. A slightly convex cross couped in white enamel. Obverse: A black enamel German eagle with square down swept wings, clutching a gold wreath con...RELAWM30351
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Nazi Sudetenland Campaign Medal
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Nazi Sudetenland Campaign Medal. Obverse: A tall standing figure carrying a swastika banner in his left hand, assisted by a shorter figure with broken shackles (representing freed Czechs) to mount a p...RELAWM30355
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Nazi War Merit Cross, First Class
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Nazi War Merit Cross First Class breast badge. Obverse: A Maltese cross with a swastika within a wreath in the centre. Reverse: Plain with a large vertical brooch pin.RELAWM30353
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Nazi War Merit Cross, First Class with Swords
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Nazi War Merit Cross First Class with Swords breast badge. Obverse: A Maltese cross with crossed swords between the arms and a swastika within a wreath in the centre. Reverse: Plain with a large verti...RELAWM30352
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Nazi War Merit Cross, Second Class
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Nazi War Merit Cross Second Class breast badge. Obverse: A Maltese cross with a swastika within a wreath in the centre. Reverse: The same as the obverse but with '1939' within the central wreath. The ...RELAWM30354
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Nazi 18 year Military Long Service Cross
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Nazi 18 year Military Long Service Cross. A silver plated cross pattee with three raised lines around the edge of the arms. Obverse: In the centre medallion a Nazi eagle with folded square wings clutc...RELAWM30384
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Not titled [German Army: a chalk carving]
Art
Maker: Unknown
Chalk carving created by a member of the German army. The object is incised with the image of an ironcross and the initials and surnames of German soldiers. The piece was found in a dugout near the ...ART00745
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Photograph collection: 32122 Gunner John Charles Harris, 8th Field Artillery Brigade
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Framed studio portrait of 32122 Gunner (Gnr) John Charles Harris, 8th Field Artillery Brigade. Born in Cornwall, UK, John Harris was employed as Postal Assistant and resided in Milsons Point, North Sy...AWM2018.529.12
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Photograph collection: 32122 Gunner John Charles Harris, 8th Field Artillery Brigade
Photograph
Maker: Cruden, James Charles Unknown
Collection of 26 photographs relating to the service of 32122 Gunner (Gnr) John Charles Harris, 8th Field Artillery Brigade. Born in Cornwall, UK, John Harris was employed as Postal Assistant and resi...AWM2018.529.1
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Prussian Danish Campaign Medal 1864
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Prussian Danish Campaign Medal 1864. Unnamed as issued. Obverse: A crown over 'W' on the left and a Austrian crown over 'FJ' on the right, being the monograms of Wilhelm of Prussia and Franz Joseph of...RELAWM14752
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Prussian Pour Le Merite Grand Cross
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Prussian Pour Le Merite Grand Cross. A Maltese Cross in blue enamel, edged in gold, with a golden eagle between each of the arms. Obverse: The bust of Frederick William III, Emperor of Prussia, facing...RELAWM30345
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Sample of German wood pulp used as a flour additive : captured by 2nd Pioneer Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Lidded glass pharmicist's jar, approximately three quarters full of extremely fine wood dust or pulp. The jar is labelled 'Wood pulp for adulterating flour'.RELAWM04444.001
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Spring from French trip wire gun
Technology
Maker: Manufacture Fse D'Armes & Cycles de St Etienne Unknown
Spring trigger mechanism taken from 12 gauge bore trip wire gun.RELAWM00892.002
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Sus bonos de la libertad [Your liberty bond will stop this]
Art
Maker: Amorsola, Fernando C. Unknown Manilla Bureau of Printing
A war loan appeal in Spanish and English from the Philippines, an American colony at the time of the 1914-18 war. Depicts an Allied soldier being crucified against a tree by a German. In the backgrou...ARTV00111
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Victoire des Flandres 1814 - 1914 [Victory in Flanders 1814-1914]
Art
Maker: Domergue, Jean Gabriel Unknown Unknown
French First World War poster featuring an historical parallel simply put by the renowned French artist Jean Gabriel Domergue (1889-1962) comparing similar military events. Domergue compares the deli...ARTV00517
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Vorsicht! Feind hort mit [Caution! The Enemy is listening]
Art
Maker: Unknown Unknown Friedrichson
German First World War poster, featuring a black and white drawing of a German Soldier using a telephone in a dugout, while perched above him an allied soldier listens in. The title printed in black,...ARTV00845
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Was Hindenburg über das Streiken denkt! [What Hindenburg thinks about the strikes!]
Art
Maker: Unknown German government Unknown
German First World War poster reproducing Hindenburg's criticisms of the various strikes in factories which were plaguing the country at the time. This is reproduced from a letter which Hindenburg obs...ARTV06216